Looking for the Open2 forums?

If you have arrived here while looking for the Open2.net forums, we've got some explaining to do...

We’ve just launched the successor to open2.net - OpenLearn. Most open2.net pages have been moved to the new website, but the way forums work has changed.

The new site will make commenting on specific pages much easier. It also integrates with the OU’s other accounts. If you happen to be a member of staff, or a student, you can use your existing account. If you don’t already have an OU account you’ll need to register for one.

OpenLearn is built using a different system to Open2. This is good – because you should find the new site more reliable and easier to use. But it also posed some challenges during the transition.

We’ve carried lots of your old conversations across to OpenLearn. Sadly, we’ve been unable to preserve your names in these archived conversations. We’re sorry if this causes you any problems.

The approach to discussion on OpenLearn will differ from that on Open2.net. Discussion will be focused around particular subjects, and will take place at the bottom of OpenLearn pages in the comments area.

We’re aware that some of you might find this disappointing. Unfortunately it’s too expensive to facilitate discussion across every subject, so we’ve taken the decision to focus the range of subjects around which discussion happens.

We have moved across some of the busier discussions from Open2.net and attached them to the bottom of 'debate pages'. You can find using these methods:

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